Ho Wan Kwok
Case Number:
5:22-bk-50073
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Firms
- Arnold & Porter
- Baker & Hostetler
- Barclay Damon
- Barton Gilman
- Brown Rudnick
- Carmody Torrance
- Charmoy & Charmoy
- Chiesa Shahinian
- Cohn Birnbaum
- Cole Schotz
- Cowdery Murphy
- Crowell & Moring
- Faegre Drinker
- Finn Dixon
- Goldberg Weprin
- Golenbock Eiseman
- Green & Sklarz
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Hinckley Allen
- Hogan Lovells
- Houser LLP
- Ivey Barnum
- Kelley Drye
- Lawall & Mitchell
- Law Office of Bonnie C. Mangan
- Lax & Neville
- Lazare Potter
- Marino Zabel
- McElroy Deutsch
- McManimon Scotland
- Meister Seelig & Fein
- Murphy & King
- Murtha Cullina
- Neubert Pepe
- Olshan Frome
- O'Melveny & Myers
- O'Sullivan McCormack
- Parrett Porto
- Pashman Stein
- Paul Hastings
- Pillsbury Winthrop
- Pullman & Comley
- Randazza Legal Group
- Reid & Riege
- Robinson & Cole
- Saxe Doernberger
- Shipman & Goodwin
- Shipman Shaiken
- Sidley Austin
- Stroock & Stroock
- Tarter Krinsky
- Togut Segal
- Troutman Pepper
- Troy Law PLLC
- Updike Kelly
- Williams & Connolly
- Wilson Elser
- Womble Bond
- Zeisler & Zeisler
Companies
- Cirrus Aircraft Corp.
- Corporate Creations
- DBS Group Holdings
- Dundon Advisers LLC
- Fox News Network LLC
- Marcum LLP
- Mercantile Bank Corporation
- Nardello & Co. LLC
- Sotheby's
- Stretto Inc.
- UBS Group AG
- Verdolino & Lowey P.C.
Sectors & Industries:
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August 23, 2024
Fed. Judge Affirms $37M Escrow, Yacht Rulings In Guo Ch. 11
A Connecticut federal judge on Friday upheld bankruptcy rulings placing a $37 million escrow account and a $23 million yacht under the control of Chinese exile and convicted fraudster Miles Guo's Chapter 11 trustee, agreeing that a holding company was Guo's alter ego and approving the trustee's veil piercing maneuver.
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August 19, 2024
Chinese Exile's Daughter Wants Ch. 11 Sanctions Overturned
The daughter of bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo and her New Jersey-based attorney are asking the Second Circuit to overturn a bankruptcy judge's $83,370 discovery sanction, calling the discovery requests in question unclear and the sanction excessive.
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August 05, 2024
Trustee Seeks Quick Clawback From Guo Ch. 11 Attys
The Chapter 11 trustee for the bankruptcy of Chinese exile Miles Guo has asked a Connecticut bankruptcy judge to issue an early judgment in an adversary proceeding that seeks to recover nearly $243,000 in legal fees paid by Guo to attorneys with Zeisler & Zeisler PC, the firm that represents Guo and his daughter.
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July 31, 2024
Guo Judge Wants To Know If $26.5M Mansion Will Be Safe
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge has ordered an alleged shell company to explain whether it will stop funding a security detail at an uninsured $26.5 million New Jersey mansion that federal prosecutors and a Chapter 11 trustee are eyeing as an asset that could reimburse a Chinese exile's creditors and fraud victims.
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July 22, 2024
Giuliani In Limbo, Guo Faces Ch. 11 Trustee Suit
The court-appointed watchdog for Miles Guo's bankruptcy has unpaused a civil racketeering conspiracy case against the Chinese billionaire after his criminal RICO case resulted in a conviction, ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani's Chapter 11 case has still yet to be dissolved, and a new bankruptcy judge has ascended to the bench in New York.
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July 19, 2024
Guo Trustee Reboots Civil RICO Case After NY Conviction
The Chapter 11 trustee overseeing the Connecticut bankruptcy of Chinese exile Miles Guo has filed a notice that lifts a March stay on civil RICO and alter ego claims after the debtor's criminal conviction this week on racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering charges in the Southern District of New York.
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June 14, 2024
Defense Atty Group Backs Law Firm In Guo Trustee Clawback
The New York Council of Defense Lawyers has slammed a Chapter 11 trustee's attempt to claw back legal fees from an Empire State law firm that represented three nondebtor entities associated with bankrupt Chinese exile Miles Guo, saying it "burdens the Sixth Amendment" right to counsel.
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June 13, 2024
Judge Orders $2.9M Chinese Dissident's Fund Share Sale
A Connecticut bankruptcy judge approved a request by the Chapter 11 trustee overseeing exiled Chinese billionaire Miles Guo's case to liquidate $2.9 million in investment fund shares held by Lamp Capital LLC, a shell company whose assets the judge already determined belonged to Guo's estate.
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May 30, 2024
Troutman Pepper Fights Kwok Trustee's $2M Clawback Claim
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP has defended its legal work for three entities connected to Ho Wan Kwok, saying the Chinese exile and alleged criminal fraudster's Chapter 11 trustee cannot avoid $2 million in payments to the firm because it earned its fees in good faith.
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May 24, 2024
Exiled Chinese Businessman Is No $1B Fraudster, Jury Told
Exiled Chinese businessman and purported billionaire Guo Wengui ran legitimate companies in support of a broad movement that opposed the Chinese Communist Party, his attorney told a Manhattan federal jury Friday, rather than what prosecutors say was a multifaceted $1 billion fraud.